REDD+ and Agricultural Drivers of Deforestation

In late 2011, the PRP commissioned three regional studies to examine the opportunities to increase production of key commodities without causing further deforestation in particular jurisdictions, as well as the investments and enabling policy frameworks required to realise those opportunities.

The studies looked at the following three case studies:

soya and livestock in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil;

palm oil in the province of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia;

cocoa and palm oil in the Eastern and Western Regions of Ghana.

The three studies, available below at the following links, share common findings in terms of the upfront finance, policies and extension services to smallholders required to achieve this challenge. They also propose potential pilot projects which could be implemented to achieve this goal, but only if part of wider jurisdictional/regional policies intended to achieve the same outcome.

The key findings are also described in the following synthesis report:

On 15th and 16th September 2010, the UK’s Department for International Development and The Prince’s Rainforests Project convened a meeting on “REDD+ and Agricultural Drivers of Deforestation: Informing REDD+ Strategies and Programmes”.

Using a range of current proposals as a template, this meeting provided an opportunity for a number of critical stakeholders to help define a variety of ways by which the agriculture sector can be constructively linked to REDD+ strategies and policies.